The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-11-25

asw. ~ shooe ~ asavy usssss, ana
their perfume MA IL plaos; che stxuck
her little sandalsd foot upon the floof, and
hummed Q snatch q some old Greek epith-
alamtum. An tie majesty was gone, or
did but lurk and family flicker throughher
laughing eyes, IKE lightning seen through
sunlight. She had cast Oh the terror Of
the leaping flame, the cold power Of judg.
ment that wa even now being done. and
the wise sadness OF the tombs-cAst them
Oh and put them behind her, like the white
shroud she wore, and now stood out the
incarnation Of lovely, tempting woman
hood, made more perfect-and in Q way
moro spiritual-than ever woman was be.
fore.
''There, my Holly, 1T there where thou
canst zee md. II q BY thine own wish, re-
member; again I cay, blame me motif thou
dost spend the rest Of thy little span with
such q sick pain ct the heart that thou
wouldst fain have died before ever thy
curious eyes were set upon me. There, sit
20. and tell me, tor In truth I am inclined
for pratses-tell me, am I not beautiful
Nay, speak not 90 hastily; consider we'll
b point; take me feature by feature, for.
getting not my form, and my hands and
feet, and my hair, and the wilderness Of
my skin. and then tell me truly hast thou
9 known q woman who in aught, ay, in
one little portion Of her beauty, in the
curve Of an eyelash even, or tho modelling
OF q shell-like ear, r. justified to hold .
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Golden snaEe that !. to- A I.re =" .nd do,h
not hind n a. r. shon,d, r. "a q wi.s .nns.s
and knoweth that a. q n, tc t,a ths v,a;st
ant see. Give ma thv sndsS.oSnov nross
them rnnnd ma thsrs w;th but : iitt1s
force. NV inoer. tosch "h roIivw
Icould stand e. M ionse, an INIT
man. and ahe v,.. vnc,e th.r . xro,eor
Heaven fnows vhst = v..-T don,t;
But then an fher. T fo,l ,,,cr ,nv Enaes
before her. and toid her n = ..d ,o;~t,,rs
a lanonaves-so snch rnor,snt. cnns,se
the thon1htaSAh.t + wcr.hins5 Ia. es
never woman ~. r,cr.hsnsd sna th.t :
wo,,Id r;va ,,v t-,rr,ort.i .s,S ~ m y.
her-which A. that tsns + c=srts;riv wo,,iJJ
have done. and so' indeed wonId erv otha-
man. or ali the race of man roilad irto ona
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m;na a,es. thc,, ,,a,,,Sst i.;ss wv Vii ny" ~
it pleaseth thee. iook.n and She bent her
self toward me. and fixed her dark md
thrilling orbs upon INV own: "ay. and Hiss.
too. II ton wilt. for thanks be given to the
scheme of things. Kisses leave no marks.
except upon the heart. But IL thou dost
kiss, / tell thee of q surety wilt thou eat out
Inv heart with love of me. and diein and
she bent vet further toward me. TIL her
soft hair brushed NV brow. and her fra orant
breath played upon my face. and made me
faint and weak. Then Of a sudden. ven
as I stretched my arms to CLASH. she
Strengthened herself. and a quick change
passed over her. Reaching ont her hand.
She held It over INV head. and Il seemed to
me that something flowed from It that
chilled me back to common.sense and q
knowledge of propriety and the domestic
virtues.
"Enourh Of this wanton MAY ~ sbe said
with a touch of sternncss. "I.istcn. Holly
Thou nrt n oood md honest nm md I
fain would snare thee. Int obi II is On how'd
for n woman to he ,nercif,,l + hnvo soiS
I nm NOT tberefore lat tbr tho tSo,,s ,a
mss by me like an idle wind. md tbe dnst
of thy Imagination sink again into the
~dcpths-well. of DESPAIR. Il thou wilt,
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